灌 (gun3 | guan4) : irrigate; fill

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灌

gun3

guan4

[1] irrigate; water
[2] fill; pour
[3] force sb to drink (water, alcohol, etc)
[4] record (music/sound); cut (disc)

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 21

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

灌

This word has been viewed 4891 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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灌湯包 gun3 tong1 baau1 guan4 tang1 bao1 = soup filled steamed buns

澆灌 giu1 gun3 jiao1 guan4 = to irrigate

灌木 gun3 muk6 guan4 mu4 = bush; brush; shrub

灌溉 gun3 koi3 guan4 gai4 = to irrigate; irrigation

灌漑 gun3 koi3 = irrigation

灌湯餃 gun3 tong1 gaau2 guan4 tang1 jiao3 = steamed dumplings with minced pork and chicken soup

灌木林 gun3 muk6 lam4 = scrubland

灌站 gun3 zaam6 guan4 zhan4 = pumping station in irrigation system

灌籃 gun3 laam4*2 guan4 lan2 = slam dunk 國

灌輸 gun3 syu1 guan4 shu1 = channel water to another place; imbue with; inculcate; instill into; teach; impart

灌救 gun3 gau3 guan4 jiu4 = to save rescue by spraying water on a fire

灌醉 gun3 zeoi3 guan4 zui4 = to fuddle, befuddle; to get someone drunk

灌注 gun3 zyu3 guan4 zhu4 = pour out

飲茶灌水 jam2 caa4 gun3 seoi2 yin3 cha2 guan4 shui3 = go to a teahouse for tea and dimsum 粵

灌陽 gun3 joeng4 guan4 yang2 = Guanyang (place in Guangxi)

灌南 gun3 naam4 guan4 nan2 = Guannan (place in Jiangsu)

灌雲 gun3 wan4 guan4 yun2 = Guanyun (place in Jiangsu)

灌鉛 gun3 jyun4 guan4 qian1 = execution from drinking molten lead; "loaded" in loaded dice (灌鉛骰子)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 灌
Unicode code for this character: U+704c (off-site link)

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